Costume Scene Investigation

19th Century

Costume Scene Investigation

19th Century

Mens Garments

Many men would wear shirts with a ruffled collar and have it buttoned up all the way. The shirt is made of silkand sometimes there are cotton shirts. The men would also wear pants with laggings. The leggings were made of cotton or silk. The pants were made of cotton.The pants were black, brown, or plaid.

Womens Garments

The women would wear long elegant dresses with tight waistbands. The dresses were made of silk,cotton,and wool.The collars were sometimes made of strips of fabric called a neckerchief. Some of the dresses were tight but most of them were long puffy dresses. Most of the dresses were long sleeves but some were short sleeves.

19th century womens dress

This dress was worn by women in the 19th century, it is a brown dress with a hint of red in it. This dress is long and has a long sleeves. The sleeves bunch up at the wrists.It is an elegant dress.

19th century the Dress Stella

The dress is known as Stella. The dress has layers at the bottom of it. When worn the dresses back poofs. Its sleeves are large but they do not bunch up at the wrists. Its a soft silky dress.

19th century Ball Gown

This dress was worn to balls during the cival war. It is a yellow ruffled dress that has short sleeves and it ruffled at the ends.

19th century womens dress

This dress was worn by women in the 19th century, it is a brown dress with a hint of red in it. This dress is long and has a long sleeves. The sleeves bunch up at the wrists.It is an elegant dress.

19th century the Dress Stella

The dress is known as Stella. The dress has layers at the bottom of it. When worn the dresses back poofs. Its sleeves are large but they do not bunch up at the wrists. Its a soft silky dress.

19th century Ball Gown

This dress was worn to balls during the cival war. It is a yellow ruffled dress that has short sleeves and it ruffled at the ends.

Men Headwear

The men would wear top hats.The top hats. The top hat was made from silk. some top hats are made from cotton, too. Like the picture below, the hats usualy had a ribbon around the base. The ribbon was black. The men would wear the hats all the time unless they have to take it off.

Women Headwear

The women would wear bonnetts. The bonnetts were made of silk and sometimes cotton. The women would also wear feathered hats. The hats were big and had lots of feathers. Look at the picture of the bonnett. Most of the bonnetts were made with ruffles like that. Look at the feathered hats. The feathered hats were always big hats with lots of feathers. Some of the feathered hats had tulle and some had flowers. Some of the hats had both, but they all had feathers or the wouldn't be called feathered hats.

19th century bonnett

This bonnett is a yellow with blue ruffles hat.

feathered hat

This hat is large with tulle. The tulle in this photo is blue. The feathers are white. The hat has flowers too.

feathered hat

This hat is black with feathers. The feathers are brown and white. This also has flowers.

19th century bonnett

This bonnett is a yellow with blue ruffles hat.

feathered hat

This hat is large with tulle. The tulle in this photo is blue. The feathers are white. The hat has flowers too.

feathered hat

This hat is black with feathers. The feathers are brown and white. This also has flowers.

Men Footwear

The men in the nine-teenth century would wear dress shoes. The dress shoes were usually black or brown. The men would wear them all the time. Back then the men would get their shoes polished, but now they don't. Mabye about one out of one-hundered people get their shoes polished but thats still a lot because there are thousands of people in the united states. The men in the nine-teenth century got their shoes polished if they were dirty or scuffed. The shoesw would be polished until they shined.

Women Footwear

The women would wear flats. The flats came in many different colors. Some of the shoes came in the color brown like the shoes in the picture below. Other shoes came in black. The women would also wear high heels. The high heels also came in many different colors.

Women Accessories

The women in the nine-teenth century would have as accessories a hand bag, purse, necklace, or a pocket watch. In the pictures below you see a coin bag, a necklace, and two pocket watches. The coin bag is brown with a gold colored lace around the top of it. The necklace is a pure white color. Finaly the pocket watch these pocket watches are blue and have jewels implanted on the cover.The rim of the pocket watch is the color gold.

coin bag

This coin bag is brown with a very nice stich to it. The rim of the top of the coin bag is lined with a gold colored lace.

necklace

This necklace is a pure white color. It's ribbon is black. This necklace has a domond right in the center of it. The necklace has a zig-zag patern on it.

pocket watches

The women would carry these so they could check the time.They would have a chain on one end of it and the other end of the chain would be conected to where the person wanted it.

coin bag

This coin bag is brown with a very nice stich to it. The rim of the top of the coin bag is lined with a gold colored lace.

necklace

This necklace is a pure white color. It's ribbon is black. This necklace has a domond right in the center of it. The necklace has a zig-zag patern on it.

pocket watches

The women would carry these so they could check the time.They would have a chain on one end of it and the other end of the chain would be conected to where the person wanted it.

Men Accessories

The men in the nine-teenth century would carry a cane or walking stick and a pocket watch. The men's pocket watch is designed all around the edge. The color of it is gold just like the picture below. The canes are black, gold, or brown. The walking sticks color is brown or black.